RGU Question Paper English Semester V 2022: Reading Fiction and Non-Fiction

December-2022

BA (V Semester) Examination

ENGLISH

( Major)

Paper : BENG-508 (Old Course)

(Reading Fiction and Non-Fiction)

Full Marks : 80

Pass Marks : 35%

Time : Three Hours

Note: 1. Answer the questions in all the Units.
2. The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions.

Unit-A

1. Write short notes on any four of the following: 4x4=16

(a) Diasporic fiction

(b) Detective fiction

(c) Epistolary fiction

(d) Science fiction

(e) Realism in fiction

(f) Gothic fiction

Unit-B

2. Discuss the character of David Copperfield. 16

or

Analyse  David Copperfield as an autobiographical novel.

Unit-C

3. Elaborate and explain the symbols in Tess of the d'Urbervilles. 16

or

Analyse the character of Tess Durbeyfield.

Unit-D

4. Discuss the Oedipus complex in The Rainbow. 16

Or

Sketch the character of Tom Brangwen.

Unit-E

5. Elaborate Bacon's style of writing essays in the light of prescribed essays in your syllabus.  16

Or 

Discuss Lamb's 'Humour and Pathos' in My Relations.